New legislation tabled in Washington DC could soon see all of the district’s convicted felons obtain the right to vote while incarcerated.
Giving prisoners the right to vote remains a controversial issue. If passed, it will place the US capital alongside Maine and Vermont, the only two states in America where prisoners can cast an electoral vote. The debate around felons’ right to vote has an extensive history in the US and, as individual states determine their own legislation, policies are rarely uniform.
In this episode of The Stream we ask: should convicted felons have the right to vote, is it dependent on the crime committed and what are the social, political and ethical issues at play?
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In This Story: Vote
Voting is a method for a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, in order to make a collective decision or express an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. Residents of a place represented by an elected official are called “constituents”, and those constituents who cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called “voters”. There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater for proportional representation can only be used in elections.
In smaller organizations, voting can occur in different ways. Formally via ballot to elect others for example within a workplace, to elect members of political associations or to choose roles for others. Informally voting could occur as a spoken agreement or as a verbal gesture like a raised hand or electronically.
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